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10 kg PR tonight in back squat, now at 70kgs. Celebrated by coming home and slicing up my thumb while making dinner. Lol

Do it! Meets are so much fun!

I'm feeling beat up today after deads last night. My program is I follow the program my coach writes...next week is max out week for deads, front squat, and bench. Tonight it's max out lo-bar back squat. I'm tired already. But I will do it. So right now: (59 yr old female before you ask) Squat (low bar BS style) 143 Squat…

Take your time and heal up. You will be back in no time.

I'm 59 YO female, here are my current PRs, all in pounds: back squat 154 (oddly, front squat 143 hmmm there's a problem there) bench 112 deadlift - recent 270 but all time 293 I took a break from powerlifting to try the Olys, which I pretty much suck at. I have a WL coach who does my programming and is coaching me on the…

Me too. I have a lifting coach, it's his job to write the program and it's my job to do it. He's a Olympic style weightlifting coach, I came from powerlifting so he programs those lifts in for me as well. I'm not very good weightlifter so I need to continue dead/squats/bench or I'd never get in any kind of workout. ;) I…

Super excited! I have an opportunity to train with a rowing team starting in January. It's all rowing machines in January, then in February the club starts training on the water. The bad news: training time is Monday/Wednesday 5-7 am. Which means those days I will have to be packed the night before and be out the door no…

First time lifting for over two weeks! Business trip then I came home and was super duper sick. I kept it light, and stayed home and lifted in my garage gym! I had bought a tv for out there a while back...I just chilled and watched Stranger Things! It was fun! Here’s my garage gym setup! Cheers everybody!

Public Service Message from someone who’s been sick over a week with the the flu: get the flu shot. Really people, you don’t want this. I’m starting to feel better, fever is gone, still dizzy and weak and coughing. But I’m not sleeping 24/7 so I’ll take it.

@caramelgyrlk At the moment I don’t use knee wraps. You really don’t need anything at all until you get to about 80% of your max. The reason being, you’ll recruit more accessory muscles without, so why not. Since you are just building technique right now, I’d avoid any for as long as possible. I would recommend Shiek wrist…

Nothing completed. I’m sooo sick! It will be two weeks away from my gym before I get back. Really upset as I was on a good track for the meet in January. But our character shows under adversity. I will be back. For now, though, back to bed.

Interesting post from Greg Everett

I’m out of town most of this week, so Monday I did the Monday and Tuesday programs. Death by deadlift volume, then 3rep max lo bar back squat. Got a nice little PR of 3reps at 60 kg. Followed by 3 sets of 8 reps. at 90 lbs bench. Super tired and super happy and super hungry all day Tuesday.

That is very encouraging to hear! I have had continued problems with the couple of days after a heavy lift day. Which for me is deadlift day. I’m just starved for about 48 hrs and physically exhausted too. I hope the changes she made will really finally help me! Since we are also teammates, we talked about pushing our…

I had a consult with a Registered Dietitian this morning. She's also Board Certified in Sports Nutrition. It was great...actually she reduced my protein and increased my carbs. Lowered fats, though boo. What an amazing opportunity for me, I'm looking forward to more consistency and having accurately defined goals! She also…

I can’t get there without a whey shake plus I drink a protein water on the way home from the gym so I don’t pig out at dinner lol.

I wish I had $5 for every runner that told me they can't deadlift because (1) they will bulk up too much and (2) they have a bad back or something. I can't stand the "I will bulk up" argument esp from women, seriously do you even know how HARD I work at this? Presuming you will bulk up without really trying is at best…

I self identify as a powerlifter...lol Start with just the bar on risers or a lowered squat rack's rails. If you want to deadlift that is. If you don't care, then use a kettlebell or dumbbells or whatever you want. But the deadlift, done properly, is the King of exercises. You'll use every muscle in your body, and all your…

You're going to LOVE it! Please take a pic and post...and what is the name of the place? I want to look it up. BTW, I drive past like maybe approximately 100 gyms, Crossfits, yoga/pilates/soulcycles, YMCAs, and etc to go to my gym. Yep, that's right, I drive about 25 miles, in city traffic. Takes about 45 minutes on…

Today is a rest day for me, thank god. Coach is programming lots of volume at 80+% max. We are in a strength building phase. Our next meet is mid January. So, two months of strength work then peak for the meet. Last night was front squats, 3 sets of 6 at 50kg, then RDLs 3 sets of 10 at 70kg. Also, I tried out lifting…

That’s so amazing ! I wish I was a better, or at least more consistent runner. Maybe someday. I physically more suited to be a strength athlete, cardio is super hard for me. I admire anyone who can run!

New PR last night. I walked thinking “it’s PR or the ER tonight, one or the other”! I got a 60kg low bar back squat. I actually thought it was 55. Math in the gym is tricky for me. Coach was like 60, nice! I was like, no it’s 55, oh wait...good thing I didn’t know it was 60, I would have thought myself out of doing 60. Now…

Last night Coach programmed: Bench press work up to 5rep max, then dropsets of 10 reps x 3 sets NARROW GRIP I got 85lb 5 rep max. My buddy Andrea got to 100lb for 5! The student surpasses the master. lol She was dead for the dropset though. ha ha! Honestly what is Coach's deal with dropsets!?!?!?!

I didn't get any hamstring or glute development until I added Romanian Deadlifts (RDLs), sometimes called straight legged deadlifts. And I did them incorrectly for a long time. My current coach corrected my form a little, and omg what a difference. I did deads and glute bridges too but RDLs did it for me. Check out vids by…

I'm way way north of 40! lol but they let me hang out here anyway.

Last night Coach programmed: Deadlifts work up to 5rep max, then dropsets of 10 reps x 3 sets Front squats work up to 3rep max Needless to say I slept like a log after a giant meal. Dropsets are the devil.

I'm about to lose my mind...I just looked up the USA Powerlifting National records for the deadlift in my age/wt division. It's only about 30 lbs more than I pull now, and I'm getting stronger all the time. I CAN DO THIS. Sorry Sally, your record will be mine.

Went to a deadlift meet last Saturday. My goal was to lift 122.5 kgs, and I did it! Super happy. Even better, about 6 different guys, coaches or powerlifters, stopped me to congratulate me! It was awesome. Of course I went shopping afterwards, there were lots of vendors there. lol Here is me complete with "deadlift face".…

Men should wear booty shorts more often imo. :)

Last night was deadlift night, my fav. I finally got the okay to get back to deadlifting last week (after injuring my shoulder while being stupid doing snatches). This week I decided to max out, because why not. At 100kg I switched to singles, got 105, 110, 113,115,118, and ended at 120. That last one was a bit of a grind…